Almost two years after the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, the biggest names in rap music, there have been no arrests. The killings raise many questions but provide few answers, and many in the African-American community see a conspiracy to cover up the real facts. This article is from George magazine, in an October 1998 conspiracy issue, from author Cathy Scott, and is an in-depth look into the conspiracies surrounding the Shakur and Smalls cases.
Cathy Scott, a Los Angeles Times bestselling author, investigative veteran journalist and blogger for Psychology Today, has written twelve books. Her work has appeared in New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Reuters and Las Vegas Sun. Best known for penning The Killing of Tupac Shakur and Murder of a Mafia Daughter, she taught journalism for five years at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her latest books are The Millionaire’s Wife and Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography, which won a best non-fiction award in 2014. Recent TV appearances include The Dr. Oz Show, Dateline NBC, the Today Show, Vanity Fair’s crime series. She lives in a renovated miner's cabin in the mountains of San Diego County with her three rescued dogs.